GB2438901A

GB2438901A - Rotating Mass Machine

Info

Publication number: GB2438901A
Application number: GB0613349A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Andrew Bennett Parker; Eric Andrew Sykes
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-07-05
Filing date: 2006-07-05
Publication date: 2007-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 2026-07-05
Also published as: GB2438901B; GB0613349D0

Abstract

Using naturally occurring energies to promote efficiency, a machine is provided in which a tilting action associated with a rotating mass upon templates 12 cut into guides 11a, 11b is presented with a constant and efficient downward gradient to stimulate rotation. A pivoted beam 20 encloses a rotating mass component comprising a hub 10a,10b, magnet material 15 and flywheel 16 to which magnets and/or field coils may be mounted at 17. The hub component is magnetically attached to shaped templates cut into the guides and rotates around the templates as the beam is rocked back and forth about pivot 21 with a specified timing. The templates (guides) are set in the pivoted beam and preferably a lever 22 is employed by the prime mover to rock the beam 20. This in turn perpetuates the rotation of the magnetically attached hub and flywheel component. The magnets and/or field coils incorporated in the flywheel comprises an electricity generating arrangement.

Description

ROTATING MASS MACIIINE

DESCRIPTION

The present invention relates to low friction machines which conserves energy preferably for use in the induction of an electric current.

Electricity generators typically consist of a rotor on a fixed axis. A prime mover is provided to create a rotational motion to the rotor. During the rotation magnetic flux and field coils interact to induce a current. An arrangement of magnet and coil ae placed according to which of the two different situations are used to cause the EM induction, a) The conductor moves across a magnetic field and cuts' through the lines of magnetic flux. b) The magnetic field through a closed coil changes, i.e. gets bigger or smaller or reverses. The alignment of a coil is dependent on the direction of the magnetic flux and the direction of movement.

However, when the electric current is created by a rotor on a single fixed axis, the possible arrangements for magnet and coil are restrictive. A degree of energy and efficiency loss within the mechanism is due to friction, and also from magnetic resistance.

According to the present innovation a symmetrically shaped hub is provided to run on corresponding guides supported inside a pivoted beam. Typically the hub is in two parts and secured together preferably by a screw thread andlor fixings. The hub component is hollow and contains magnetic material. The two ends of the hub have the same geometrical shape, with a centre section in the hub designed to incorporate a flywheel. The hub and the template in the guides are magnetically attached.

The guides are set into the beam, one on either side of a hub. Preferably the guides are divergent and the beam incorporates a pivot mechanism. The geometric shape of the hub corresponds to the positioning of the guides, and the shape of the template within the guides.

An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawing in which: -Figure one shows a cross-sectional view of a typical hub.

Figure two shows a perspective view of a set of guides.

Figure three shows a plan view of a typical hub engaged in the shaped templates in the guides.

Figure four shows a perspective view of a pair of guides and a single hub.

Figure five shows a cross-sectional view of a beam enclosing a hub and guides in accordance with the present invention.

Figure six shows a schematic view of the hub/flywheel's typical position in a pivoted beam.

Referring to figure one, the mechanism comprises of a hollow hub typically in two parts lOa and lOb, containing magnetic material 15. A flywheel 16 is secured to the hub by, for example bolts or similar means (not shown) at 14.

The flywheel provides mountings 17, for magnets and/or field coils depending on the embodiment of the induction process.

The ends of the hub are located in the shaped templates 12 of the guides 1 la and lib, and the edges of the shaped templates 18 are rounded.

Figure four shows the hub supported, and magnetically attached, inside the shaped templates within the guides, as does figure three. Provision for the attachment of a flywheel is indicated at 19.

The guides are fixed in a beam 20 at the preferred angle, and the beam is set upon a pivot 21. A lever 22 may be utilised by a prime mover (not shown) to rock the mechanism back and forth to a specified timing. The timed rocking of the beam propels the magnetically attached hub and flywheel, around the shaped templates within the guides.

Claims

ROTATING MASS MAChINE CLAIMS.

1. A machine comprising a rotor, and guides having a shaped template section, the rotor comprising a hub element configurable within the guides to move around the shaped template and conserve energy and limit further energy input from the prime mover to maintain the motion of the rotor.

2. A machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide section is divergent.

3. A machine as claimed in claim I or claim 2, wherein the shaped template is a closed ioop.

4. A machine as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the guides are formed about a pivoted beam.

A machine as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the rotor has two or more hubs connected together in series.

6. A machine as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein each hub has one point of contact within each shaped template.

7. A machine as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein each hub is magnetically attached to a shaped template within the guides.

8. A machine as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein each hub is provided with a flywheel.

9. A machine as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein energy is provided periodically under normal operating and may be provided one or more times during every complete loop of the shaped template within the guides.

10. A machine as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein a start up energy input may be provided continually until the rotor is rotating at the desirable speed.

11. A machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein the energy input is provided via control means.

12. A machine as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control means is a computer 13. A machine as claimed in claim 11 or claim 12, wherein feedback may be provided from the rotor to the control means and may relate to the rotational speed of the rotor.

14. A machine as claimed in claim 9 and any claim dependent thereon, wheTein the energy input is provided by renewable energy.

15. A machine as claimed in any of the claims I -14 wherein an electrical output is induced as the hub/s and flywheel/s fall around the shaped template within the guide sections.

16. A machine as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein a plurality of hub and flywheel may be mounted on an axle, each hub rotating around respective shaped template within the guides.

17. A machine as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein there is a magnetic interaction between the hub and guides.

18. A machine as claimed in claim 17, wherein the hub and template within the guides are formed from ferromagnetic material such as steel.

19. A machine substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to embodiments depicted in the accompanying drawings.

20. Any novel subject matter or combination including novel subject matter disclosed herein, whether or not within the scope of or relating to the same invention as any of the preceding claims.